When you spoke, Best Buy listened. The electronics retailer solicited feedback from notebook users of all stripes. You asked for laptops with long battery lives and cutting-edge features, and you wanted them at value prices.

Best Buy didn’t just take your wish list straight to a manufacturer—it collaborated with three manufacturers to give you more choices.

The resultant Blue Label series (www.bestbuy.com/bluelabel) of notebooks is now available in version 2.0, and it features the Dell Studio s15z-2249CPN, Sony Vaio VPCS111FM/S, and Toshiba Satellite E205-S1904. New features on the menu are Intel Wireless Display technology, Windows 7 Home Premium, and Intel Core i5 processors. The laptops are just over an inch thin, and they can last five hours or longer on a charge. And with big names such as Toshiba, Sony, and Dell behind them, it’s hard to believe that you can get all of this for as little as $899.99.

Free with any Blue Label 2.0 notebook is a Netgear Push2TV adapter designed to work with Intel’s Wireless Display technology—also known as Intel’s WiDi. All of the Blue Label 2.0 laptops feature Intel’s WiDi, so you’ll be able to wirelessly stream content from your laptop to your TV screen, such as digital photos, Internet video (such as Hulu and Netflix), and digital copies included with many movie discs. Business users may enjoy sending presentations to the big screen in the conference room without any cables. This feature is expandable; if you want to share the broadcast with other TV screens, you can buy additional adapters. And with a 500GB hard drive and 4GB of RAM as standard features, a Blue Label 2.0 notebook will ensure you have enough storage space for all the media you want to share and operate without performance lag.

Each laptop comes with a unique exterior design and a bright, LED-backlit widescreen display. Screen sizes vary from an ultraportable 13.3 inches to an eminently readable 15.6 inches. Speaking of portability, there’s support for the best wireless networking standard, 802.11n. A Web cam and microphone let college students and business travelers talk to friendly faces back home.

Finally, each Blue Label 2.0 notebook comes with a two-year manufacturer warranty, as well as a one-year antivirus subcription and 30 days of Geek Squad support. In fact, the whole purpose behind this Best Buy product family is to address the issues that bother laptop owners the most. Isn’t it nice to know that someone is listening?

The Blue Label 2.0 Breakdown

Toshiba Satellite E205-S1904

• Fusion Metallic Blue finish

• Inputs: 3 USB 2.0, Ethernet, and microphone

• Outputs: RGB (monitor), HDMI-CEC, and headphone

• 14-inch widescreen TruBrite LED display

• Compatible with 802.11a/g/n

• Microsoft Works 9, Microsoft Office Live Essentials, and Sonic Solutions Roxio Creator 2010 are included

Dell Studio s15z-2249CPN

• Premium Cappuccino finish

• 15.6-inch widescreen LED display

• Compatible with 802.11a/g/n

• Slot-loading DVD/CD drive

• 7-in-1 media card reader

• Integrated stereo audio speakers

Sony Vaio VPCS111FM/S

• Silver finish

• Inputs: 3 USB 2.0, iLINK, Ethernet, and microphone

• Outputs: VGA, HDMI, and headphone

• 13.3-inch LED display

• Compatible with 802.11a/b/g/n

• Sony Creativity Suite included

Shared Features

• Windows 7 Home Premium

• 2.2GHz Intel Core i5 processor

• 4GB memory

• 500GB hard drive space

• Double-layer DVD±RW/CD-RW

• Memory card reader

• Two-year manufacturer’s warranty

• Free one-year antivirus subscription

• 30 days of Geek Squad support

• Microsoft Works 9

• Web cam

The Lowdown On The Blues • Blue Label 2.0 laptops are sold exclusively at Best Buy • Intel’s Wireless Display sends your laptop’s personal media to your TV without a cable • Each laptop includes a two-year manufacturer warranty, one-year antivirus subscription, and 30 days of Geek Squad support • A battery life that lasts five hours or more

From The PC To Your TV Intel’s Wireless Display technology, or WiDi, has the power to change the way you share personal photos and video. Until now, you had to crowd your family around your laptop screen to show them your home movie and photo collection, or you had to hunt for the right cable to hook up your notebook to your HDTV. Today, with Intel’s WiDi, you can effortlessly stream your own personal content to your TV over a wireless connection. Simply link your TV to a Netgear Push2TV PTV1000-10 adapter, which comes standard with any Blue Label 2.0 notebook. The Push2TV adapter supports HDMI, so you’ll always be assured of getting the best video connection possible. And that’s it: You’re ready to wirelessly display your personal media files on your TV, not to mention Internet video from hot sources such as Hulu and Netflix. With Intel’s WiDi, you’ll be able to enjoy unbound entertainment.